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This group is for sharing information about NCTE's National Day on Writing that will be celebrated on October 20, 2009.
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a group for educators looking for to improve their ability to teach reading at the secondary level
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- Region 10 ESC
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- Reading/Language Arts Consultant
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- TCTELA
- NCTE Member?
- Yes
- How long have you been a member of NCTE?
- 13 years
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When students lead literature discussion groups, more students participate in the discussion, they are more actively involved in the discussion, and students take more responsibility for reading and understanding the text. Yet, many teachers fear ...
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Often our family camping vacations culminated at Little Pine State Park in north-central Pennsylvania. … Little Pine is a magnificent place. Eastern white pines, straight as telephone poles and just a...
Teaching and learning with Ipod and Iphone
Well, I'm one that usually reads but sometimes continues on despite what it says. I'd like to change that, because in most of my circles, it's not a big deal. I'm teaching a number of 10-12 year old writers, who want to use Nings and Blogs and suc...
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MIT university is trying to build a free resource to help kids learn SAT/ACT thru the power of user-generated images and video. We are currently running a nationwide contest, challenging kids to make fun and memorable flashcards by pairing sentences and images to a common test word. There will be a small cash prize and iTunes giveaways. Due date is May 22.
More details at brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules. Do you have students or colleagues who would be interested?
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